Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Eyes on the Street: New and Improved Allen Street Bikeway and Plazas

By Ben Fried | Aug 8, 2012 | 25 Comments

The construction barriers are down and the tables and chairs are out on Allen Street in Chinatown. While there’s still some planting and other work left to be done, the public spaces are already magnets for people. The median bikeway on the three-block stretch between Hester and Delancey is also open and rideable again. The […]

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House GOP Threatens to Wipe Out Local Control Over Bike/Ped Funding

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 8, 2012 | No Comments

The House GOP couldn’t pass a transportation bill of their own, so now they want to undo one of the major bi-partisan achievements in the Senate transportation bill. As part of its counter-offer to the Senate in conference committee negotiations over the transportation bill, the House appears to be proposing the elimination of the Cardin-Cochran […]

Eyes on the Street: New Manhattan Bikeways in Progress

By Ben Fried | Jun 7, 2012 | 8 Comments

Photo contributor extraordinaire Jacob-uptown has uploaded a new batch to the Streetsblog Flickr pool, taking us on a tour of the major new bikeways DOT is implementing in Manhattan. The extension of the First Avenue bike lane from the Queensboro Bridge up to 72nd Street is nearly complete. It’s the first protected bike infrastructure on […]

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Green Lane Project Spreads the Word About NACTO’s Bikeway Design Guide

By Katie Pearce | May 29, 2012 | No Comments

For the next two years, the Green Lane Project will lend expertise and support to Austin, Chicago, Memphis, Portland, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. as those cities implement the type of infrastructure that has proven successful at leading people to take up biking for transportation. The project bills itself as a “storytelling campaign” for the cities […]

Eyes on the Street: Protected Bike Lane Sighting on the Upper East Side

By Ben Fried | Apr 4, 2012 | 10 Comments

Reader Liz Patek sends these shots of the new road markings on First Avenue in the 60s. The protected bike lane that Manhattan Community Board 8 approved last summer is going in. Until now there was no bike infrastructure at all on First Avenue between 60th Street and 72nd Street. Filling that gap is DOT’s […]

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New WHO Tool Calculates the Health Savings of Bike/Ped Infrastructure

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 23, 2012 | No Comments

Sidewalks, bike lanes, traffic calming projects — they save lives. Not just by protecting cyclists and pedestrians (not to mention motorists), but by encouraging physical activity that leads to a healthy life. Of course, it can be hard to convince politicians to see things in those terms when it’s time to pony up for walking […]

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